Green Pillow boxwood
Buxus microphylla 'Green Pillow'
USDA zones6 to 9
SunHandles full sun to partial sun
WaterHandles moderate to moist soil
Size2 to 3 feet tallup to 3 feet wide
- Growth rate
- Slow
- Habit
- Dense
- Bloom season
- Spring
- Bloom color
- Greenish-cream
- Soil types
- Sand, clay
Garden uses
Attracts
Notes
'Green Pillow' boxwood (Buxus microphylla 'Green Pillow') is a shrub for borders, hedges, foundation plantings, and formal gardens. It is hardy to USDA zone 6, or down to -10°F (-23°C). This plant likes full or part sun and average to moist, sandy or clay soil. It grows slowly into a dense, evergreen mound that reaches 24 to 36 inches tall. Greenish-cream flowers open in spring and attract bees. It sits low on the menu for deer and rabbits.
Pairs well with Hicksii yew, Switchgrass, Eden rose, and Sweet woodruff.